Author Archives: Kevin Hoover

Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office announced today that following a review of evidence, including testimony from witnesses, a criminal grand jury has declined to file any charges in the April 15, 2017 killing of Humboldt State student David Josiah Lawson. Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office press release March 13,…

I know shortbread is not Irish, but it is Gaelic and they do serve it in Ireland, so I’m just going to make an executive decision and say it’s perfect to serve on St. Patrick’s Day! Because after the corned beef and cabbage, a Guinness chocolate cake just doesn’t appeal, and this ginger shortbread is really…

Esterline Washington, of Aunt Ester’s Barbeque Ribs n Things, passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. She is survived by one niece, Lorrain Darnes Smith, third cousin, Travis Dell Herron, and fourth cousin, Fatima Sheikh. She was preceded by her God-daughter, third cousin, Anna Jean Herron. She was married to Matthew Washington until his death in 1999. …

City of Arcata PRESS RELEASE On Monday, March 10 at 11:33 p.m., officers with the Arcata Police Department responded to the 1200 block of 16th Street for the report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, the suspects had fled and it was determined a home invasion robbery had occurred. During the investigation, a citizen provided…

Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union VALLEY WEST – Arcata’s long-underserved northern neighborhood is getting a lot of attention from City Hall lately, but its residents aren’t missing the opportunity to bootstrap themselves and their community into new selfhood and self-improvement. Volunteers with pluckers, buckets and brooms fanned out across Arcata’s northern ’burb, powered by…

Fix McK’s north Central Avenue first I moved to McK in 1970 when it had about 5,000 residents. With three times that many residents now, we have done nothing to improve the north half of Central Avenue. As we are arguably the second-largest population center in Humboldt County, we are the only larger community…

Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The statue of William McKinley, a gift to the citizens of Arcata from George Zehndner, is gone from the Arcata Plaza. Where America’s 25th president once towered over the town, a circular planter – also soon to go – encloses foliage and a barren patch of concrete…

Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata’s statue pf President William McKinley is en route to its new home in Canton, Ohio. Monday morning, March 11, 2019, a trucking firm hired by Canton’s statue team arrived at the city’s Corp Yard on South G Street. There, it was loaded onto the flatbed truck for transport. More…

Daniel Mintz Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – McKinleyville’s representative on the county Planning Commission has advanced a stance on multiple unit housing development, saying that “McKinleyville has been getting a lot of these really dense subdivisions and I don’t think we need too many more of them.” Peggy O’Neill, a McKinleyville resident who was recently…

Why care about zoning? Why care about zoning? Because if you care about how Humboldt County plans for the health of its communities and resource lands, zoning is where the rubber meets the road. Zoning regulates how land is used, specifically locations and densities. The Humboldt County Planning Department’s is now developing new zoning regulations…